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Letters Patent No, 79,857, dated Jtlg/ 14, 1868'.

IMPROVEMENT IN GATES.

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'ro ALL WnoM 1r MAY-CONGERN.;

Beit known thatlI, JEROMnPOgTTnR, of Plei'eeton, in the county of Koseiusko, in the State of Indiana, have i invented anew. and useful Improve-ment in Gates g and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingI drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,` makingl a.l part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is an elevationof my improved gate represented as shut. Figure 2, an elevation of the gate as when open. l Y

Figure 3,- an elevation ofthe han on which one ond of the gate rolls, removed from the posts. The nature of my invention consists in a gate'arranged to run ou' bars of different heights, andro raise up lat one end, wherebyA a sliding gate is provided, which is'not much longer than the passageway, and has a support at both ends, whether open or shut, and ono which canbe raised up forvthe passage 'of suiall steek, opened for pedestri`an,'and. ordinary vehicles, and permit the highest loads to pass by simply removing the bar over the track. l

To enable others to fully comprehend my invention, I have marked corresponding parts Withsimilar letters,

and will now give a detailed description. 1 V v L represents the ground, `which Vis made to'supp'ort three posts, AB C, the two former being made high enough to permit an ordinary team and wagon to-pass under a bar, E, which they support. This bar is used as a. traek for a roller, G, to run on, and ismade with a'lap-joint at F, so as to provide an even surface, and to rest, at the opposite end, in a mortise'in the top ofpost A, as, seen by dotted lines N', figs. 1 and 2.

The gate K is made of slats and braoes,'n 'the usunl'style of sliding gates, exeept it has a short stile,

J,.whichls`upports aroller, H, arranged to run onl adoiver bar, D, at the side of the roadway, and along stile, I, ivithia roller, G, hung at its top in a slot vmade to extend down to the dotted lines X, gs. 1 and 2, said roller supporting thee'nd of the'gatewlxen beingfopenedandl shut, and ths-lot permitting the end ofthe gate to be raised up, as seen at tig. 1` by red lines M,`and allow. small stoel: to pass under.

The other parts of the gate, not particularly described, are made similar to sliding gates now in use, the post B having a slot through which the gato' slides, in the usual manner.

The operation is very simple, and as follows: When small stock is to pass, the gate can be raised up, as seen at M, and held in place ,by a pin, a, put through the stile I above the bar E. When the gate is open,

v ordinary loads ulay pass through Without removing the bar, but forhigh loads it should be taken out, as at lig. 2.

Having .thus described nay invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States, is-

A sliding gate, having a long stile, I, and u sliort Vstile,J, in combination with a stationary bar, D, and

. movable bar, E, the whole being constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purpose set orth.

JEROME porren.

Witnesses:

JAeon Gnutti,- JonN 4 Onsrennn. 

